Circus Healthcheck

Taking a check on the health of the circus sector (circa October 2006) in order to develop recommendations for its development, this document gives a brief overview of the nature of circus as a cross-disciplinary, physical artform before examining its existing infrastructure – venues, festivals, networks, audiences, legislation, etcetera.

Sideshow is a magazine and website that promotes, records and thinks about contemporary circus.

Sideshow's current major projects include Deconstructing Circus, a series of 30 focused interviews with 30 circus artists and directors, and What is Contemporary Circus?, a five-part entry level introduction to the artform.